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flashback, we turn our attention to 1996, when the presidential race was a choice between bill clinton and bob dole. 16 years ago, the incumbent president and his republican challenger met for their first debate. the showdown was in hartford, connecticut, and moderated by jim lehrer of pbs. it was also the year of a new block of voters, that was identified as jonathan alter explained to tom brokaw in the post-debate analysis. >> the swing voter this year goes by a new buzz word. they're called soccer moms. these are white women, living in the suburbs, some of them watch their kids play soccer. four years ago, george bush led bill clinton by ten percentage points, 15 in some polls, with this constituency. this year clinton is crushing dole in all the surveys of this group. it's a tremendous number of voters, white women living in the suburbs. they respond to a certain set of issues, gun control, education, medicare, because many of them are taking care of their elderly parents and they're very concerned about these so-called social issues. dole did not do enough to address these issues directly
flashback, we turn our attention to 1996, when the presidential race was a choice between bill clinton and bob dole. 16 years ago, the incumbent president and his republican challenger met for their first debate. the showdown was in hartford, connecticut, and moderated by jim lehrer of pbs. it was also the year of a new block of voters, that was identified as jonathan alter explained to tom brokaw in the post-debate analysis. >> the swing voter this year goes by a new buzz word. they're...
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c-span: bob bullock? >> guest: bob bullock, the national politician of texas. he is a piece of work. he's... c-span: who is he? >> guest: ...the lieutenant governor of the state of texas. he's been around since god was a pup. he was--before he was lt. gov. , he was state comptroller. and under our constitution, like most other states, we have a weak governor system, so that the lieutenant governor is the guy who really has the clout. and bob bullock is one of the smartest, shrewdest, toughest and sometimes meanest politicians i have ever known. he's a remarkable piece of work. c-span: what's the story about hi--you have a couple of what you call drinkin' stories in there. is he an alcoholic? >> guest: yeah. he's been sober for quite some time. he went to whisky school out in california many years ago. but before that, he was a roarer, and he drank just an enormous amount. and as people who drink a lot do, he would, not infrequently, get himself into trouble. and one time one of his early wives--he used to get married a lot, too--kicked him out of the house, we
c-span: bob bullock? >> guest: bob bullock, the national politician of texas. he is a piece of work. he's... c-span: who is he? >> guest: ...the lieutenant governor of the state of texas. he's been around since god was a pup. he was--before he was lt. gov. , he was state comptroller. and under our constitution, like most other states, we have a weak governor system, so that the lieutenant governor is the guy who really has the clout. and bob bullock is one of the smartest,...
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then on october 13, from arizona state university in tempe, arizona, bob scheffer of cbs news will moderate a debate on domestic issues. for now thank you vice president cheney, senator edwards. from cleveland, ohio, i'm general aifel, thank you and good night. [ applause ] [ applause ] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> c-span's 2012 campaign hub has live coverage of all the presidential and vice presidential debates. it is the only place you'll see are behind by -- behind-the- scenes coverage. the site has e to debate question available as a separate clip where you can surf and watch. reid streaming tweets from political reporters and others reactions appeared go to c- span.org/debates. >> now, the 2008 vice- presidential debate between joe biden and sarah palin. this was the most watched vice presidential debate in history. it is also the second most watched debate ever after the 1980 meeting between ronald reagan and jimmy carter. senator biden and governor palin met at washington university in st. louis. i
then on october 13, from arizona state university in tempe, arizona, bob scheffer of cbs news will moderate a debate on domestic issues. for now thank you vice president cheney, senator edwards. from cleveland, ohio, i'm general aifel, thank you and good night. [ applause ] [ applause ] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> c-span's 2012 campaign hub has live coverage of all the presidential and vice...
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first nominee of the night his former cnn correspondent, bob franken talking about gop candidates on this show called politics nation. and i submit to you it is on msnbc. i personally never heard of this show, but you can rest assured that the people currently underserved than have ever watched this program. it was on january 6. check it out. >> and seems to appeal to the extreme right wing of the republican party. that is to say that there continues to be under concert is a real sentiment against blacks. they think it is part of a hateful campaign that is methodically run in the hope that it is going to appeal for voters who would like to see us return to the good old days of jim crow. >> yeah, we are really anti-black. colonel allen west is anti-black, connie rice's anti-black, they are all publicly anti-black. msnbc daytime anchor. yes, i want you to note that. he's an actual anchor on this network that i used to work for called msnbc. his name is thomas roberts and he was online september 23rd to comment on the previous night gop debates. and when i think about msnbc time i actua
first nominee of the night his former cnn correspondent, bob franken talking about gop candidates on this show called politics nation. and i submit to you it is on msnbc. i personally never heard of this show, but you can rest assured that the people currently underserved than have ever watched this program. it was on january 6. check it out. >> and seems to appeal to the extreme right wing of the republican party. that is to say that there continues to be under concert is a real...
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bob bork and i differed somewhat on that count. and i haven't seen a footnote indicating a reconciliation or whether he's changed his mind or whether there's some difference here. but i think that would be useful. because bob bork's criticism of microsoft was very important, i think, in the ultimate resolution of the case. but i think for the evaluation of google, these two facts, dispositive facts, and -- should end from the chicago school view, should end the discussion. google's large market share is a result of superior -- of a superior product that they've created. that has been revealed by the market through the share of advertisers and also of consumers that google has. and that's -- that's -- should be the end of the story. that is, the dominance of google -- and it's a fragile dominance. as greg pointed out, several -- the clerk, puts you on a different search page. but the current market share, however defined, that google has, has been gained on the merits, and deservedly so. that i think is the chicago -- ultimate chica
bob bork and i differed somewhat on that count. and i haven't seen a footnote indicating a reconciliation or whether he's changed his mind or whether there's some difference here. but i think that would be useful. because bob bork's criticism of microsoft was very important, i think, in the ultimate resolution of the case. but i think for the evaluation of google, these two facts, dispositive facts, and -- should end from the chicago school view, should end the discussion. google's large market...